ARTISTSÖzge Açıkkol

Özge Açıkkol

Born in 1976 in İstanbul. She graduated from Marmara University, Fine Arts Faculty’s Painting Department. In January 2000, she founded Oda Projesi artist collective with Güneş Savaş and Seçil Yersel. She’s been working as editor and translator for different publications always in paralel to her Oda Projesi work. Oda Projesi is an artist collective based in İstanbul; they turned their collaborative experience starting from 1997 to a project in 2000. From January 2000, the space in Galata functioned as a non-profit independent space, hosting projects, gatherings and acts up until march 16th 2005, when Oda Projesi was evicted from the apartment due to the gentrification process. Since then Oda Projesi was no more space based but always carrying the idea of the creation of a third space, a space for socialization. While doing this, the project looked at how İstanbul as a city, is organized spatially by its habitants. Oda Projesi transferred this spatial and relational practices to different cities and neighbourhoods both in Turkey and abroad.